... 1970s—the same time when “public” or “applied” history emerged as a subfield—Zinn used his platform as a columnist with The Boston Globe to air his frustrations about the state of American history education. Zinn bemoaned a story in the New York Times mocking how poorly high school students had...

... by The Regents of the University of California and the National Council on Public History 2015 collaborative research education folklore fieldwork oral history pedagogy public history training Collecting Folk Histories: Harold W. Thompson and Student Field Research in the 1930s William S. Walker...

..., enlightenment, education, critical inquiry, management Introduction The rapid transformation of museums over the past twenty years has given rise to a wealth of debate and interpretation, stoking anew a three- centuries-old squabble that Andreas Huyssen1 refers to as the battle against the museum. The quarrel...

...NADIA BAIESI; MARZIA GIGLI; ELENA MONICELLI; ROBERTA PELLIZZOLI This essay explores how a place of memory can be used as a crucial tool in peace education activities with students from elementary to high school. It draws on the work of the Peace School of Monte Sole and specifically focuses...